From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0E5FC433B4 for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2021 09:39:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from desiato.infradead.org (desiato.infradead.org [90.155.92.199]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2FAE66135D for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2021 09:39:48 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 2FAE66135D Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=lst.de Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-nvme-bounces+linux-nvme=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=desiato.20200630; h=Sender:Content-Transfer-Encoding :Content-Type:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post:List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID: Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=NOLI2/72gFAeYG9NcCjjWDtaRH4VXzDDs11A2qfmJBE=; b=ClTej6eWOiF4ZbYV3yPM/ZBZy uZvDX+I4u8lIaeYrjqoyBZlm5tCqBLQDcLwAOiyrN9nVlDKz08HZWEm3f7bYwhjW6fW/B4oNavL+s RKpK+i3tKuFO5lwI50q5Ce3yWng2ExMzk3c6QUd5W/KRcW1D1ANj6fGJ+5De3zdv2zRObhkAdFWrQ xraacz01t3rS7sVgK88uzWKF+W65JjlK673rKcN/YrvjpRixX0d2OCWlbRjl0evfL/FxQ8v1PlkGp GOFxZEi7zrZ8rKsDhRqNEIl6s5Shj5Td0exLE7xstVnjVK+rH3hpw10lx7SnenU1n6x1LJPFmbkKe hYLrRHfrA==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=desiato.infradead.org) by desiato.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1lU4ep-004dVw-DI; Wed, 07 Apr 2021 09:39:31 +0000 Received: from verein.lst.de ([213.95.11.211]) by desiato.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.94 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1lU4ek-004dVJ-9W for linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 07 Apr 2021 09:39:28 +0000 Received: by verein.lst.de (Postfix, from userid 2407) id DDA7F68B05; Wed, 7 Apr 2021 11:39:23 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2021 11:39:23 +0200 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Niklas Cassel Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Minwoo Im , "linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org" , Keith Busch , Jens Axboe , Sagi Grimberg , Kanchan Joshi , Javier =?iso-8859-1?Q?Gonz=E1lez?= Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 0/1] nvme: introduce generic per-namespace chardev Message-ID: <20210407093923.GA31210@lst.de> References: <20210406064841.103393-1-minwoo.im.dev@gmail.com> <20210406133533.GC2594@localhost> <20210406145948.GB7790@lst.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20210407_103926_612062_D110C83D X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 13.23 ) X-BeenThere: linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "Linux-nvme" Errors-To: linux-nvme-bounces+linux-nvme=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 07:36:22AM +0000, Niklas Cassel wrote: > The SCSI generic devices are named /dev/sgX while the SCSI block devices > are named /dev/sd*, so the names are more distinct compared to /dev/nvme* > and /dev/nvme-generic-*. > > A "regular" Linux user who writes /dev/sd will not see the SCSI > generic devices, but with the current proposal, if he writes > /dev/nvme, he will see the NVMe generic devices. > > I just had a gut feeling that this could cause confusion in the future. > However, I trust your experience and judgement more than my gut feeling. Should we call the nodes /dev/ng* ? _______________________________________________ Linux-nvme mailing list Linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-nvme